Mexican National Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Charge

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Brayan De La Cruz Cuahutzihua, age 24, of Ixtapaluca, Mexico, was sentenced August 2, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. sentenced Cauhutzihua to 168 months' imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment Cauhutzihua will be deported to Mexico as he is not a United States citizen.

On October 27, 2022, the FBI utilized a confidential informant who purchased one pound of meth from Cauhutzihua in the back parking lot of the Nebraska Furniture Mart located at 72nd Street, Omaha, NE. Cauhutzihua was accompanied by codefendants Francis C. Murillo and Jesus Manuel Sauceeda Perea when they arrived at the meet location in the same vehicle.

On March 03, 2023, agents obtained a federal search warrant for the defendants' South Omaha residence that resulted in the discovery of approximately six pounds of meth, 19 pounds of marijuana, $41,784.00 in drug proceeds, and multiple cellular devices. The money has since been administratively forfeited to the government.

Murillo and Sauceeda Perea are awaiting trial at a date yet to be scheduled.

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